VeraMia Canvas Grocery Bag 3pc XL Set with Real Pockets, Long Shoulder Strap and Short Handle. Heavy Duty, Foldable, Washable

This might go without saying but due to the color they do get dirty quickly being in and out of the car/trunk/grocery carts. I don’t care about how they look only that they are huge and I love the pockets because you can put breakable glass jars in the sides so they aren’t rolling around or hitting other things. You can probably fit a 2 liter of soda in the pockets. They seem high quality too they are thick and nice, also can go right in the washing machine.

A solid set of bags, can carry great weight and has lots of side pockets, and space inside for each bag. The double handles are great as well for either hand carry or shoulder. Much sturdier the others I've had, would recommend

My family uses reusable grocery bags for All the Things and we have a mighty collection. However, I was looking for bags with interior pockets that could better serve as small carry-alls for the beach, road trips, corralling kid and critter gear in the car, and other purposes. I wanted something that didn’t scream “this bag came from Trader Joe’s.” And something with pattern or color to help disguise the inevitable crud that accumulates on bags intended to go from trunk to ground to kitchen floor and back again. That would stand up to many years of washing said crud off, and wouldn’t rip out when overloaded with rocks and beach detritus that my offspring insist must have a permanent home in our garden. And it must be well made. And big enough to only need one for most purposes. And not have cutesy sayings or massive logos emblazoned across it.I had just about given up when these VeraMia lovelies appeared on Amazon over the summer. I am not a frequent review writer, because usually I buy items that have tons of reviews already. At the time I placed my first order, these had zero reviews. You guys, I don’t but zero-review items. In this case, in the hope of finding my holy grail canvas bag, I broke the First Rule of Amazon and bought not just one but a set of THREE unreviewed items.These restored my faith in humanity, or at least in the often sketchy world of Amazon Marketplace. The bags remain one point away from being my HG only because they lack built-in ground-crud camouflage. I can easily remedy that with dye, but wanted to try that before I pronounced them practically perfect in every way.The photos show three versions of this bag:—The first is au naturel, as received. The plain unbleached cotton is very nice quality! If you’re not picky about getting these dirty they are awesome right out of the package.—The second version was batch bleached for 6 hours in a solution of 16 oz of chlorine bleach to 5 gallons of water, and then washed in hot water and dried on a medium heat setting.—The third version was not bleached first. I started with a new bag from the package of 3. It was washed in hot water with synthrapol, soaked in soda ash solution, and then ice dyed with Dharma fiber reactive dyes. The dye was batched for 24 hours before rinsing, washing again with synthrapol in hot water, and drying on medium.Results:—The bleached bag isn’t snowy white, but I was only trying to pull the yellow tint out of the fabric to prep it for dyeing. If I needed it pristine white, I’m confident another round of bleach would get it there, but might compromise the fabric’s structural integrity more than I would like.—Both the bleached and dyed versions experienced about the same shrinkage, shown in the original/dyed comparison photo.—With proper prep, these bags take fiber reactive dye like a champ! I used the same amount of powder I’d apply to clothing and still got deep, saturated colors throughout the exposed areas of canvas.—It’s worth noting that they appear to be sewn with poly thread, which did not take the dye. If this was a garment, I’d suggest the manufacturer switch to cotton thread to keep the dyers of the world happy. However, one of these bags is quite capable of holding more groceries than I can carry over my shoulder for long, so I am 100% thrilled with the poly thread.In operando testing:—Bigger on the inside. With three of these, I accomplished a monthly Costco run with zero boxes and nothing weird rolling around in the cargo area of my car. They were so heavy, I had to leave one for a second trip.—Sturdy. Try doing that with plastic or even normal canvas grocery bags. If you are comfortable carrying them fully loaded, you can use 3 instead of 7-10 standard bags.—Pockets! The pockets are large and deep. Bottles of olive oil and wine. Blister packs of chicken. Stacks of canned tuna. All. In. Pockets. That left space in the middle of the bag for oddly shaped items and things without enough structure to stand up on their own.I am rarely impressed with the design of utilitarian items like this, but as other reviewers have noted, the company who makes these clearly put some thought and care into designing these. At about eleven Amazonbux each as I write this, these are a solid deal. I imagine the counterfeits are not far behind, but as long as I can purchase from this vendor at this cost, I will certainly be buying more to dye and gift to friends and family.Thanks to VeraMia for offering a thoughtful upgrade to the current state of the art in canvas grocery bags!

Love the choice of short or longer handles, I purchased the 3-pack. These bags easily carry bottled juice, 2ltr bottles, the bags are XL for larger grocery orders, sturdy, no need to use double plastic bags for fear the bottoms may let go in the middle of the parking lot. I place items that may drip in clear bags available at the meat counter. The bags have no logos imprinted so I do not worry about using them in different grocery stores. The larger size allows more items to be carried in only one bag. I am very pleased with my purchase,the bags are big and sturdy. I am a male so the weight of soda, juice bottles are not a problems, the handles are sturdy, however since the bags are large it allows the load to be balanced using 2 or 3 bags for a lighter to carry load. Boxed items with pointed corners will not puncture these bags. The bags have inner pockets for additional items such as greeting cards that you do not want crushed. These bags make great beach bags. UPDATE: I have recently purchased an additional (3 pack) of bags. After visiting several shops I used up my supply of bags. It's cold I did not want to transfer items to another bag just to have a spare for additional shopping.

I had purchased a set of 3 canvas bags from Amazon years ago and was quite pleased with the quality, size, and weight of them. My hubby loaned two of them out to friends and I never saw them again. Back to Amazon I went and found what I thought was a pretty close match set of three to the ones I lost. They were not! They were so much better! First they were offered in an XL size, which was so much better for grocery shopping. They also had pockets all around the inside which was great for small items. They also had 2 sets of handles, one set short for hand carry and one set longer for shoulder carry. The weight of these is heavy duty and I expect these to last if I can keep my husband’s hands off them!

Not going to lie these are not cheap. I bought these thinking they would be for work stuff etc and got others for groceries, two types. both of the other types were much cheaper but felt flimsy. You know the bags you get at the supermarket that dont really tear but they get holes in them and the other was nylon. They were meh, but these cotton bags are so solid and strong and the shoulder strap is REALLY a shoulder strap. They have short straps for just having them in your hand and long ones for your shoulder. I was impressed with that, but they have pockets to help organize and they hold a TON. They hold way more than the others did, mainly because you have to compensate for tall things and the straps on the cheaper bags, but not on these cotton bags. They also fold up very nicely, thought they wouldn't because of the thick woven canvas, but they are great. They come folded and I just do the same fold but tuck in the straps so they stay folded, do it for my kids clothes like that. They just sit folded in the back of the car. I open one and stuff the others in when I am shopping and they take up no room and are ready to go when I check out. I know they are expensive but they are worth the price. I will have these for a long time. I would say that I wish they came in more colors, but I could dye them I guess if I wanted, that would be my only issue with the bags.

El diseño está padrísimo. Son super prácticas. Son más grandes de lo que había imaginado. La tela y las costuras se sienten de muy buena calidad. Me encantaron!!

While the bags are large and made of robust canvas, the stitches and tread are way too flimsy. I used them only 3 times before all 4 handles and the whole stitches around the top of the 1st bag gave out on the way home. On the 4th grocery run the handles of the 2nd bag gave out. If you're gonna buy these, then I highly recommend you reinforce the bags. Insanely disappointed.

Bags are large and sturdy. Fabric is strong and a great colour, easy to wash, fold and store away. The two types of handles are really helpful depending on how heavy your groceries are. Really happy with this purchase.

Las encontré de oferta y ha sido una muy buena compra. Resistentes, con varios compartimentos para más orden

I was looking for a grocery bag with short handles like these. They work perfectly and are huge and very thick fabric.One star off because for some reason the bags I got seem to shed some of the fabric/strings? Will update again in a year to see how it has held up.